Barbed-wire spool



iTED STATES PATENT @FFICEt JOHN WV. NADELHOFFER, OF JOLIEI, ILLINOIS.

I BARBED-WIRE SPOOL.

HPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,836, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed March .25, 1884. (No modelJ To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W; NADELHOFFER, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Joliet, in the county of XVill and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barbed\Vire Spools, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view; Figs. 2 and 3, side views of the twoparts separated from each other, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of aspool or package of barbed wire as it appears ready for shipment, havingthe two cross-pieces B and B clamped to the roll or package of wires-oneon either sideand held together by means of the wire ties XV W, passingthrough the coil of Wire.

The object of this invention consists in certain improvements in abarbed-wire spool,

whereby it can be separated and be removable from the package or bale ofbarbed wire after the two cross-pieces B and B have been attachedthereto by means of the ties W WV, leaving the bale or package of barbedwire, put up in the form shown in Fig. 4, with no other means forholding it together than a crosspiece 011 either side held together bymeans of two or more wire ties passing through the center of the packageor coil.

Referring to the drawings, especially to Fig. 1, H represents one end orhead of the spool, having firmly secured to it the two cross-bars a a.The opposite ends of these two crossbars a a terminate in dowel-pins PP, (shown in Fig. 2,) to enter corresponding dowel-holes in the oppositehead H, the said head being formed with the projections D,to containsaid dowel-holes. The head H is provided with the correspondingcross-bars, a a, firmly secured thereto, and terminating in thedowelpins P P, to enter corresponding dowel-holes in the head H. Thedowel-pins P P are ill-- tended to be a little longer than the dowelpins P P, to make it easier to unite the two parts, as shown in Fig. 1.The cross-bars a a may be permanently attached tothe head H, either bybeing welded thereto and made integral therewith, if they are both madeof metal, or they may be attached thereto by means of screws passingthrough said bars into said cross-head, as maybe desired. The same meansmay be employed to attach the crossbars a a to head H. The precisemanner in which they may be so attached is not important, as there aremany ways that it can be ac complished, and any way that accomplishesthe purpose is sufficient. Fig. 1 represents these cross-bars as beingwelded to their respective heads and integral therewith.

The heads H H and the cross'bars a a a a are intended to be made ofmetal and'a part of the barbing-machine. The cross-bars B B are intendedto be of wood, and constitute all the spool that goes out with a bale orpackage of barbed Wire. The use of the separable spool described is tofurnish means for applying the cross=-bars B B to the bale or package ofbarbed wire. Each ofthe cross-bars a a is provided with lugs c c,integral therewith, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, for the purpose ofholding the wood cross-bars B B in position, as shown in Fig. 1. Beforethe spool has been placed in the machine, the cross-bars B B areconnected by the ties V V, as shown in Fig. 3, and then placed in theremainder of the spool, as shown in Fig. 1, the whole forming the spool.It is then ready to be' placed in the machine, to be held therein by ashaft passing through the holes on m, and rotate to coil on it a bale ofbarbed wire, such as is shown in Fig. 4. The

ties WV WV are placed in-the crossbar-s B B in such manner that when thewire is coiled on the spool it will give tension to them and take uptheir slack, so when they are removed from the remainder of the spool,the crossbars B B will hold the bale firmly together, so that when theheads H and H are separated and the cross-bars removed from the bale orpackage of barbedwire it will appear as shown in Fig. 4, ready formarket, thus dispensing with the use and cost of any other spool orprotection to the bale or package than the two cross-bars B B, united bythe two wire ties WV XV, which is sufficient for all purposes until thewire is used by the consumer. The holes m m furnish means for handlingthe bale or package by means of tongs, the same as in the case of anyordinary spool.

It will be seen that by the use of such a separable spool it is possibleto put up a package or bale of barbed wire and send it out in the marketwithout spools, which are ex:-

pensive, and in this case rendered unnecessary, being an immense savingin cost to the manufacturer, as well as the consumer. \Vhile the wire isbeing wound on the spool the wood 5 cross-bars B B form a part of thespool, and being necessary for holding the wire properly in the spool.WVhen they are removed from the other parts of the spool, they of courseremain with the package or coil, and another pair is inserted for thenext bale. Another advantage in putting up the bale or package in thisway is in the saving in paint when the bale is dipped in the paint topaint it. Generally where an ordinary spool is used, the opening throughthe bale is nearly closed by the cross-bars of the spool, that take upand hold a great deal of the paint, especially if the paint is thick. Inthis case the aperture through the bale is left entirely open and free,which permits the surplus or extraneous paint to run out, thus saving alarge amount of paint.

I do not confine myself to this precise form of spool, as theseremovable cross-bars B B may be used in conjunction with any kind ofaspool that permits their being removable, as and for the purposestated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters 0 Patent is as follows, to wit:

1. The combination of the cross head H, having the cross-bars a arigidly attached thereto, and the cross-head H, having the cross-bars aa rigidly attached thereto, said cross-bars a a being respectivelyprovided with the lugs c c and dowel-pins P and P, for the purpose ofrendering the two heads H and H separable from each other, and thecross-bars a and a removable from the barbedwire bale, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. A separable barbed-wire spool composed of the heads H and H, eachprovided with a pair of permanently-attached crossbars, a and a,andmieans for detachably securing the heads H H and cross-bars B B, asand for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the cross-bars B and B, having apertures m m, andties WV W, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a spool for spooling barbed wire, the removable crossbars B and B,connected by means of the ties W WV, as set forth, and adapted to securethe barbed wire, substantially as described.

JOHN V. NADELHOFFER.

\Vitnesses:

WM. J. I-IUTcruNs, XV. S. SLY.

